Breakthrough Weight Loss Drug Approved by FDA…For Dogs
When I first saw the headline when checking my Yahoo mail account, I got excited, because we all know that new and exciting medical weight loss drugs, let along herbal weight loss pills, come only every once in a blue moon usually, especially ones that cause any type of stir or have any real merit. Well, come to think of it, most of them end up being unsafe in some way, but nonetheless, I was still kind of excited to read about the newest weight loss pill approved by the FDA. Then I read the rest of the headline, and it’s actually and FDA approved weight loss drug for Dogs.
Yep, that’s right, our good old FDA approved a diet pill for our pooches who are carrying around a little too many pooch pounds on their bellies and their hind quarters. The pill is called Slentrol, and it is approved only for use on dogs who are actually categorized as “obese”. What this means is that they must be considered to be at high risk for certain diseases and health disorders because of their high weight, to be put on this obesity prevention and weight reduction pill expressly for canines. The liquid drug, by the drug giant Pfizer, is a drug which is supposed to limit the amount of fat a dog’s body can absorb.
Ooh, wait a second, wasn’t that what the nasty fat substitute, Olean was supposed to do for humans? Remember the horrible gastrointestinal side effects? I hope these poor guys don’t have to go through that misery simply to get slimmer. How about these owners just put their dogs on a restricted diet?
